Listening to the words of the apocalypse, there was a meaning of blaming King Fu, Zheng Guifei thought for a while and said: "Back then, King Fu fought with your father for the crown prince, but after so many years, the emperor's father could tolerate him, and the emperor couldn't tolerate him?" ”

Tianqi said: "I don't mean to persecute him or you in the slightest, but I just want to give him a choice for Uncle Sanwang's worries." ”

Zheng Guifei said: "What choice does he have but to wait for death in Henan?" ”

Tianqi said: "He can come to Beijing, and I will give him a mansion, a fortune, and a money-making livelihood, and the only condition is to withdraw the two million acres of land." First, you can stay away from the place where thieves are rampant, and second, you can see your mother, son, and grandchildren from time to time. ”

Zheng Guifei was quite moved when she heard that she could often see her son and grandson, and Tianqi struck while the iron was hot and said: "Now the northern provinces have been suffering from natural disasters year after year, and the common people have to eat big households if they don't eat, and the biggest big household in Henan is King Fu, and it is too dangerous for him to stay there." Beijing is different, there are many soldiers, the walls are high, and the anti-thieves can't get in. ”

Seeing that Concubine Zheng still didn't speak, Tianqi said: "I don't have to persecute him, you send him a letter and follow him whether you want it or not." ”

Back in the Qianqing Palace, the queen asked Tianqi: "How did the emperor think of wanting the king to return to the field?" Two million mu is not a small number, and he will definitely be reluctant to retreat. ”

Apocalypse said: "Give him some wind first, once one day he can't help it, he will think of my words, and this also lets people know that I will start cleaning up the medium and large households for the sake of the people, and in the end, even the royal family will not let go, so that those medium and large households do not have a fluke mentality." ”

One day in early November, Qianqing Palace, early dynasty. In addition to the court meeting of major festivals held in the Huangji Palace, under normal circumstances, the court meeting and the apocalypse are held in the Qianqing Palace, because it is close to the dormitory, especially in winter, the emperor can avoid being frozen on a long road in cold weather, and the civil and military officials take two more steps to exercise their bodies. The weather in Beijing in November was already a little cold, but the air at the court meeting was even colder, Tianqi sat on a chair paved with yellow silk, the Qianqing Palace steward eunuch Tan Jing and the other two little eunuchs stood sideways on the side under the throne, the officials stood in the middle according to their positions, no one looked left and right, no one exchanged ears, and everyone did not speak. On either side of the emperor's chair stood eight tall brocade-clothed guards holding honor guards, and there were also several rows of brocade-clothed guards on both sides of the main hall and in the corridor outside the door. Not far from entering from the palace gate, there were three people in shackles kneeling, and they were the three officials who were stubborn and did not obey orders: Fan Youdao, the left attendant of the household department, Han Budo, the political envoy of Shandong, and Lin Hao, the director of the Arsenal Clearance Department of the Ministry of War.

Tianqi looked at the three people kneeling in the hall, and said slowly: "King Xin, these three people, as court officials, have repeatedly disobeyed orders, causing the wealthy families to follow suit, and you will interrogate them if there is any cause and effect?" ”

The king said, "My brother obeys." After speaking, he turned to look at the three of them, thought for a while and asked Lin Hao: "Lin Hao, this king asks you, the Government Council has repeatedly ordered that large households with more than 5,000 mu of land must truthfully report the amount of grain stored in their homes, and the grain-producing fields can only grow grain and cannot be used, do you know?" ”

Lin Hao said: "The minister knows. ”

King Xin said: "Since you know why you don't report it truthfully, why do you destroy the seedlings and plant mulberries?" ”

Lin Hao said: "The minister only knows the orders of the imperial court, but the minister really doesn't know how much land there is in his hometown and how much grain is stored, and the family affairs such as planting grain or mulberry are not up to the minister. ”

The king said, "Then who can they look down on?" ”

Lin Hao said: "Chen's uncle is a three-grade squire, and everything in his hometown is in charge of him, but unfortunately he fell ill at the beginning of the year." ”

King Xin said: "At the beginning of October, the Associate Minister of the Government Council, Lord Han Yihan, specially approached you and asked you to bring the letter home and allow you to make up the report, did you bring the letter?" ”

Lin Hao said: "The minister personally asked for leave to go back to his hometown, and as soon as he entered the house, he met the minister's uncle, and he told the minister to leave." ”

The king said, "Why did he tell you to get out?" ”

Lin Hao said: "The minister's uncle said that the saber for cutting grass in the horse pen at home is old and bad, and several times he asked someone to bring a letter to ask the minister to get him a good knife from the treasury to go back, but the minister left in a hurry and forgot about it, so he told the minister to get out, and the minister returned to Beijing when he was angry, and when he remembered it later, his hometown was copied." ”

Hearing him say this, the ministers all laughed, and the king of Xin said hatefully: "This king thinks that you are high in the six grades." ”

After asking, King Lin Haoxin turned his head and asked Han Budo: "Han Budo, as the political envoy of Shandong Chengxuan, no one will look down on you and shout at you to get out, right?" ”

Han Budo said: "This is not true, but at the beginning, the minister thought that the law was not responsible for the public and did not take it to heart. ”

King Xin asked: "Then you didn't care about the special notice of the Government Council to make up the report within a time limit?" ”

Han Budo said: "The minister didn't dare, as soon as the minister received the notice, he immediately wrote a letter asking the housekeeper to ride back to his hometown to report the news." ”

King Xin asked, "Then this time the people in your hometown didn't take your words to heart?" ”

Han Budo said: "No, it's because the housekeeper is not in good health and has a hidden disease, and he died after riding a horse for a few days and going home without explanation." ”

King Xin shook his head and asked, "What about the faith, which is also dead?" ”

Han Budo said: "The housekeeper ran hard for days, and he sweated too much and blurred the letter, so he ......"

Everyone was speechless when they heard it.

King Xin looked at Fan Youdao and said, "Lord Fan, are you the housekeeper who sent the letter when you die, or do the people in your hometown look down on you?" ”

Fan Youdao said: "Replying to the king's words, the minister received a notice from the Government Council in early October, and also received the advice of many colleagues, the minister did not dare to delay and immediately sent four family members back to his hometown to report the news, but the minister's father replied that the family has a large population, and many brothers have not yet married and asked if they can delay it, saying that the price of raw silk on the market has increased several times and wants to earn another two years, and the minister is so anxious that he can't send the letter back home again and has been copied. ”

King Xin said: "You know better than Han Budo to send four people back, but how can you, an official, be short of money when you become fat all the way?" According to the reported amount, your family does not have a total of 10,000 taels, how can there be so many fields left after two generations of officials? ”

Fan Youdao said: "The minister's father bought land when he had a little money, and the brothers in the minister's family spent a lot, and the ministers had frequent contacts, so there was no money left." ”

The king said, "How many brothers do you have?" ”

Fan Youdao said: "The minister's father married a total of eighteen wives and concubines, and all of them were able to have children, and the minister had a total of twenty-eight brothers and nineteen sisters. ”

Listening to Fan Youdao's words, everyone opened their mouths in surprise, this old lady Fan is too powerful.

Apocalypse said at this time: "This Fan Li saved money to buy land when he was an official, and when he returned home to marry his daughter-in-law and save people, what he saved was not floating wealth, and he was very good at planning, King Xin, what are you going to do if you are asked to deal with them?" ”

King Xin said: "When I returned to the emperor's brother, my courtiers thought that no matter what reason they had, they should not be forgiven for repeatedly ignoring the emperor's decree and being greedy for personal gain, but what should they do, they still ask the emperor's brother to show them." ”

Apocalypse said: "Just ignoring the edict again and again can be pulled out and cut down, but yesterday when the queen said that they were pitiful and agreed, I will give them another chance to choose." One is to dig a pit and bury himself, and all the men in the family are sold as official slaves; Second, the three of them set up a propaganda group based on the original products and original products, and together with the representatives of the other seven families, they went to various places to explain the consequences to those large and medium-sized households whose land was between 500 and 5,000 acres. ”

At this time, Lin Hao, the director of the Arsenal of the Ministry of War, suddenly shouted: "The queen is merciful, and she will definitely have many sons and be blessed to live a long life, and what group is the minister willing to join to preach." ”

Many people know that the queen was plotted by the Hakka family and can no longer have children, what Lin Hao shouts about having many sons and blessings may arouse the emperor's anger, and they all looked at Lin Hao with pity, who knew that the apocalypse ignored it, and just said: "Take them down and let them go home and choose for themselves, what else is there to do with everyone?" ”

At this time, Sun Chengzong, a scholar in charge of the Military Affairs Academy, said: "Your Majesty, the Military Affairs Yuan is in charge of military affairs, but the transfer of soldiers in contact with the various guards and the logistics supply in contact with the states and counties still have to go through the Ministry of War. ”